Dr Mike Wilson

PhD in Nanotechnology and Material Science.
Nano, SciComm, Maker

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@linusgsebastian I've been working to teach kids tech for 5 years, the majority of "digital natives" are just well targeted by app designers and expressed to more cloud services. A majority can't use a usb unassisted. It's a problem.

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

Now this kind of thing will really challenge those teachers to come up with some creative questions.

[Linus Tech Tips @LinusTech]

asking Bing + ChatGPT the real questions

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

I like that this happens every day at the same time as if thousands of parents got home and told their kids to go study, and those kids know #ChatGPT has their answers.

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

This is going to be a defining question of our time.
The first thing is going to be to start sharing resources better so that everyone isn't coming up with their solution independently. To many fall through the cracks because they couldn't.

[Laura Bain @larubain]

Schools need to be different in the age of #AI. If “un-Google-able” questions was the challenge of assessment in the past, now it is anything an artificial intelligence engine can spit out. With the world at our fingertips, how can assessment and schools evolve? #edchat #TEACHers

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@kareem_carr I'm curious what the ChatGPT contribution was that they felt the need to include it as an author?
It also raises ethical concerns that the tool being evaluated would be included as an author, what if it was a person.
Seems like a stunt to get some attention.

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

For all those in #Education who are worried about what #ChatGPT means for your classroom I've put together some potential solutions for you.
https://t.co/gvxGgctGtr

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

When it's really obvious that the AI image generator is scraping the web for training data.

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

Machine learning is amazing and all, but I don't think we need any more examples after this perfection. Thanks @OpenAI for the great #DallE

[News Breakfast @BreakfastNews]

Ever wondered whether woodpeckers get concussions?

Well, yesterday @SciNate was joined by @Constababble to chat all about it - plus, virtual cane toads and news about the biggest animal of all! 🐋 🐋 🐋

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@sparkchart Is there a way to do the surveys offline, like through an app, that will sync when it can get online?

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@dr_karynJ @UniMelb @ANFFHQ The HeIM is such a cool instrument. Hope it went well

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

Fun Fact: Bleach, fire, and lasers will also kill viruses in a test tube. Wouldn't recommend taking that as a medical treatment for flu either.

[Reuters World @ReutersWorld]

Ivermectin shows ‘antiviral effect’ against COVID, Japanese company says https://t.co/Krr9HhPC95

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

Hold on, they mean something? I just assumed they were running out of letters

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

Aldi Australia has what appears to be a Flashforge Adventurer 3 for $499. A good starting printer for those who want to get started #3dprinting but want all the bells and wireless like auto levelling and a full enclosure.
https://t.co/lNt2GGH7M8

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

Imagine #Wordle, but for chemical formula. That's a real challenge.

Unrelated, does anyone have a dictionary of 5 letter words.

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

So today was a very weird day at work. Bring it on #bigdata

https://t.co/gDqw3bR6pe

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@BenRElling None did my paper? 😂Please

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@makersmuse Now a Nanocellulose blend has some potential, but that's a long way off. 😝😂

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@makersmuse just posted a video on the PLA and plastic problem in #3DPrinting. Perhaps missed the biggest problem which is 3D printing in education where mountains of plastic waste are made for trinkets that are disposed of without thought. https://t.co/aPWgWLXcQ8

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@makersmuse I did some more searching. There are some systems that use a syringe pump and solvent extruder with cellulose in acetone, or similar. That's the best you're going to do for an FDM printer.
Anything purer than that seems to be a bit of a dead-end for now in the consumer space.

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@makersmuse You need a thermoplastic biopolymer, which isn't particularly common or to synthesise one for the specific application. The ones that I'm aware of can soften enough for vacuum forming but not extrusion.
It would be worth looking into any used for injection moulding.

[Dr Mike Wilson @MikeScience]

@makersmuse Celulose based might be a bit tricky. As a component absolutely, but it alone can't really be used in FDM as it burns at the same temperatures it melts.
I don't know if it will be possible to make any real biodegradable FDM filaments in the near future.